Sectional Committees

Overview

Committees comprised of Fellows established to advise Council regarding the qualifications of candidates for election to the Academy. The Sectional Committees cover broad subject areas, currently as follows:

Sectional Committee 1
Mathematical Sciences
Professor A H Welsh12 (Chair)
Professor M G Eastwood12
Professor N Joshi13
Professor J H Rubinstein11
Professor I H Sloan11
Professor O Warnaar13

Sectional Committee 3
Chemistry including Biological Chemistry
Professor D R MacFarlane12 (Chair)
Professor M G Banwell13
Professor F Caruso13
ProfessorP A Lay11
Professor G W Tregear12
Dr R O Watts12

Sectional Committee 5
Applied Physical and Engineering Sciences
Professor S W Sloan12 (Chair)
Professor J P Carter13
Professor R G Gilbert11
Professor M Gu11
Professor P Mulvaney13
Professor G G Wallace12

Sectional Committee 7
Animal Sciences
Professor R P Harvey 12 (Chair)
Professor J A Angus12
Professor P G Holt11
Professor M B Renfree12
Professor D G Stephenson13
Professor P P L Tam13

Sectional Committee 9
Applied Biology including Clinical Sciences and Agriculture
Professor J Passioura12 (Chair)
Professor B K Armstrong12
Professor S F Berkovic12
Professor J J Burdon12
Professor D S Celermajer11
Professor A E Clarke13
Professor N G Martin11

Sectional Committee 11
Information and Communications Sciences
Professor G C Goodwin11 (Chair)
Professor H Durrant-Whyte13
Professor D J Hill12
Professor C Jagadish11
Professor I Shparlinski12
Professor E Weigold13

Sectional Committee 2
Physics and Astronomy
Professor D B Melrose12 (Chair)
Dr B J Boyle11
Professor P D Drummond13
Professor D J Hinde11
Professor R A Vincent12
Professor H M Wiseman13

Sectional Committee 4
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Professor B W Chappell12 (Chair)
Dr J J Finnigan12
Professor H S O’Neill12
Dr S R Rintoul11
Professor M R Walter12
Mr R Woodall13

Sectional Committee 6
Microbial and Plant Sciences
Professor I W Dawes11 (Chair)
Professor A Bacic12
Professor M R Badger13
Professor J G Ellis12
Professor N F Millis13
Dr R E Munns11

Sectional Committee 8
Molecular and Cell Biology
Professor A R Dunn 12 (Chair)
Professor D E James11
Professor P A Koopman12
Professor R G Parton13
Professor V R Sara12
Professor A Strasser13

Sectional Committee 10
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Professor S J Simpson11 (Chair)
Professor M C Ball13
Professor B H Kay12
Professor D B Lindenmayer12
Professor J A McKenzie11
Professor L W Simmons13

Special Elections Committee
Professor C C Goodnow11 (Chair)
Professor A Basten11
Professor L D Field11
Professor R I Tanner11
Professor N Joshi11

11 To retire from Committee after 2011 Sectional Committee Meeting

12 To retire from Committee after 2012 Sectional Committee Meeting

13 To retire from Committee after 2013 Sectional Committee Meeting